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Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy

  • Primary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 3 to 7

URN 150568 · Kirklees · IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

In Kirklees

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

3 July 2023

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Early years provision
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Full inspection (section 5)

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Kirklees and England, primary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

5.7%

Kirklees
5.4%
England
5.2%

0.5 percentage points higher than England.

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

18.1%

Kirklees
13.6%
England
13.0%

5.1 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

2.4%

Kirklees
0.9%
England
0.9%

1.5 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Kirklees and England, primary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

1.45

Kirklees
3.44
England
2.47

1.02 lower than England.

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Kirklees
0.04
England
0.03

0.03 lower than England.

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Kirklees and England, primary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

25.4%

Kirklees
25.8%
England
24.7%

0.7 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

17.4%

Kirklees
15.2%
England
15.0%

2.4 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

3.6%

Kirklees
3.6%
England
3.5%

0.1 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

8.7%

Kirklees
24.2%
England
23.4%

14.7 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Kirklees and England, primary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

25.4

Kirklees
21.3
England
21.2

4.2 higher than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolKirkleesEngland
2017/18Not published20.721.3
2018/19Not published20.521.4
2019/20Not published20.821.4
2020/21Not published20.521.1
2021/22Not published20.921.0
2022/23Not published20.721.1
2023/24Not published21.021.2
2024/2522.021.221.3
2025/2625.421.321.2

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

0.0 days

Kirklees
5.9 days
England
5.0 days

5.0 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolKirkleesEngland
2017/18Not published5.9 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published6.1 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not published4.8 days3.9 days
2021/22Not published6.9 days6.3 days
2022/23Not published6.2 days5.2 days
2023/24Not published6.2 days5.3 days
2024/250.0 days5.9 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
133
Capacity
180
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
3 to 7
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
IMPACT EDUCATION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 July 2024
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Huddersfield
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 5 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Berry Brow I & N School, Birch Road, Berry Brow, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 7LP

Website: www.berrybrow.co.uk

Telephone: 01484663965

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Sources and corrections

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